Research
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The physical function benefits of long-term intensive lifestyle intervention are more pronounced in older adults (≥60 years) compared to younger adults (<60 years).
If you are over 60, the mobility benefits of lifestyle changes may be even more valuable to you than for younger people, as the intervention had a larger effect on physical function scores in this age group.
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The intervention effect was slightly larger for SPPBexp scores among older versus younger participants (0.081 [0.038 to 0.124] vs 0.013 [−0.021 to 0.047], p = .01).
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Based on the same high-quality RCT data.
Source
Physical Function Following a Long-Term Lifestyle Intervention Among Middle Aged and Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The Look AHEAD Study
Denise K. Houston et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2017
rct · n=5145Cited 50×
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